[mythtv-users] Myth can't change channels on my dct2000

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/30/2006 05:05 PM, Owen Mehegan wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2006, at 1:35 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 06/30/2006 02:13 PM, Owen Mehegan wrote:
>>     
>>> On Jun 30, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>       
>>>> freqid can be channel number /or/ frequency (in kHz)--your choice...
>>> Where do I set that?
>>>       
>> In the freqid column of the channel table.  ;)  There's no Myth setting
>> toggling it.  If you put a channel number in freqid, Myth knows it's a
>> channel number.  If you put a frequency in kHz (technically, anything
>> over 10000, IIRC), Myth knows it's a frequency.
>>     
> Oh... so I need to re-populate the whole freqid column manually?

UPDATE channel SET freqid = channum WHERE ...;

(completely untested, use at your own risk, and all the other disclaimers)

> That's uh, annoying. Seems like if you aren't using a direct tuner  
> connection, you should be able to tell Myth that so that it can  
> populate your database with different data...

I think the idea is to put the right data in the table in the first 
place.  However, your grabber isn't helping you with that...

Mike